Factors affecting survival of early life stages and subsequent recruitment of striped bass on the Pamunkey River, Virginia

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 1713-1726 ◽  
Author(s):  
J C McGovern ◽  
J E Olney
Keyword(s):  
Striped Bass ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Early Life Stages ◽  
Factors Affecting

Feeding ecology of early life stages of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) along an estuarine salinity-turbidity gradient, St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Vanalderweireldt ◽  
P Sirois ◽  
M Mingelbier ◽  
G Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Striped Bass ◽  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Morone Saxatilis ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Gut Contents ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Early Life Stages ◽  
Lawrence Estuary ◽  
Feeding Niche

Abstract After being extirpated from the St. Lawrence River in the 1960s, striped bass (Morone saxatilis) were reintroduced to the estuary in 2002 and by 2008, they were naturally reproducing. To document the habitat use and feeding ecology of this reintroduced population, we examined the gut contents of 333 larvae and juveniles. Samples were collected in four estuarine habitats in 2014: the upstream freshwater section (UP), the oligohaline (O-ETM) and the mesohaline (M-ETM) estuarine turbidity maximum zones, and the downstream polyhaline section (DOWN). In June, pelagic larvae developed in the UP and the O-ETM, feeding mainly on copepods such as Eurytemora affinis. The O-ETM exhibited better suitable feeding conditions compared to the UP, likely due to the presence of Bosmina sp. as a primary prey. After July, striped bass shifted to larger prey items, consuming mainly dipteran pupa in upstream littoral habitats and gammarids and mysids in downstream habitats. In the early summer, the UP provided a high-quality nursery habitat and as the season progressed, the smallest juveniles dispersed downstream and improved their feeding success by exploiting a new feeding niche. This observation suggests that being distributed throughout the estuary may increase the potential survival of striped bass early life stages.

Habitat use by early life stages of the re-established striped bass and conspecific fish species along the St. Lawrence estuary

2020 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 106696
Author(s):  
L. Vanalderweireldt ◽  
G. Winkler ◽  
E.L. Forget-Lacoursière ◽  
M. Mingelbier ◽  
P. Sirois
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Striped Bass ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Early Life Stages ◽  
Lawrence Estuary ◽  
St Lawrence Estuary

Effects of dechlorination on early life stages of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

1981 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenwood W. Hall ◽  
Dennis T. Burton ◽  
William C. Graves ◽  
Stuart L. Margrey
Keyword(s):  
Striped Bass ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Morone Saxatilis ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Early Life Stages
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